Asus B85M-GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.21% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus B85M-GAMER (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '19 at 06:03
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 189 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 502 52% 419 Pts	64-Core 540 34% 540 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gigabyte(1458 368D) 2GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.21% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 9.5 Parallax 12 8% 10.6 fps	MRender 13.8 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 13.3 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.21% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 120GB 4,012 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 491 Write 249 Mixed 248 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 34.1 134% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 200 156% 218 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 556GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 89 88 89 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 84.4 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 109%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 4,921 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 754GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 38 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 38.4 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 38.2 50% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 49%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 500GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 355GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 72 69 69 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 72.6 Write 72.7 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 70.5 92% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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Motherboard: Asus B85M-GAMER

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	128x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	82x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	50x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	66x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	38x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 49%, 26,466 samples	12x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $421

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16